Show RECORD OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEST MANNER POSSIBLE happening that arc making history i information gathered from all j quarters of the globe and given in a few lines intermountain amos B anderson a ranch owner of wallard Wll lard colo lined himself with a shotgun at his sister s home near buston iowa he was ga years old jack dampsey utah heavyweight who has recently been camping on the trail of jess wallard Wll lard knocked out ho mer smith at racine als in the first round of a scheduled ten round battle As a result of heroism displaced by george L brunn of st marles idaho in may 1917 when he lost his life in the attempt to save dolly mckan ley 9 ears of age from drowning a medal award has been given to his widow and three children the award was made by the carnegie hero fund commission the estate of the late senator newlands of nevada according to petition tor probate of his will filed last week ts valued at consisting 0 stocks bonds and other securities thi petition said the senator owned no real estate in his own name apostle H rum M smith eldest son of president joseph F smith of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints died at a hospital in salt lake january 23 following an operation for appendicitis apostle smith was born in utah in john r nugent of balse has been appointed united states senator by governor alexander to fill the vacancy caused by the death of senator brady the appointment will hold until a sue cessor Is elected in november efforts to unite the silver producers of the west behind a definite policy in regard to government regulation and the excess profits tax took definite form at the opening session at denver of the fifth annual joint convention of the colorado metal mining association and the colorado chapter of the amerl can mining congress DOMESTIC after expelling industrial workers of the world from membership in the organization if there are any the united mine workers in session at indian went on record as favoring the taking over of the coal mines by the government on condition the union men had the right to make collective bar gains the government will take over 30 per cent of all the wheat flour milled in minnesota in order to secure dent supply for export to our allies the state food administration has an bounced noun ced the idle flapper Is going out of style the young girl to be stylish now must work this was the message of ann sturges talbott state specialist in vocational training for girls in new york given at the vocational training convention at chicago fighting between mexicans and american soldiers guarding the border s reported from south of el paso charles M schwab president of the bethlehem steel corporation declared in an address at a dinner at new york that the time Is near at band when the men of the working class the men without property will control the des times of the world discovery of impurities in candy supplied to canteens of navy ships has caused the issue of an order suspend ing the sale of candy to the men and also the purchase of additional sup piles pending investigation of hides by meat packers while shoe prices have been climbing upward and excessive profits to the packers who practically control the hide market are charged in a report by the federal trade commission A mother was found dead in her home at chicago with the bodies of her three small children in her arms A rubber tube leading from a gas jet to the woman s mouth led the police to pronounce it a case of suicide and marder seventy nine men are believed to have perished in an explosion in the allan bhatt of the awadla coal com banys collieries colli eries at N S bishop james mcgolrick for twenty seven years head of the duluth glnn diocese died suddenly of acute andl gestson charles krattiger a silk worker acting secretary of ane I 1 W W at pater son N J was arrester wednesday night on a federal warrant from achl cago where he was indicted several weeks ago tor conspiracy against the government with william D II aywood and others the board of governors of the new york exchange have decided to close the exchange on the remaining heatless heat lesa mondays imposed under the fuel administration a order mayor nylan of bew york has issued an order forbidding all municipal cm aloyes working in public offices to read newspapers or wear their hats during office hours valle pacing oer topeka kan a large meteor exploded with a loud report scattering a shower of glowing fragments the meteor was traveling n easterly direction division 0 the count rys bituminous coal fields into twenty districts as the first step toward instituting a zone tern of coal distribution Is under way by the fuel administration chicago will vote on the dry ques alon next spring according to dry lead ars who announced thursday their petition calling the election was corn plate the filing of the petition Is to be made the occasion of a great dem alfi parade threatened with lunching lynching lyn ching by bois for making alleged seditious re marks criticizing criticising critic ising the president and making threatening remarks bartels Birt els a eb raski farmer his been interned bv officers america s foreign trade surpassed all records in 1917 amounting to official figures issued by the department of commerce showed that was a of nearly 1300 oy er the preceding year washington the arav medical corps issued a call for enlistment of 2000 specially select ed men tor veterinary service the must be either below or above draft age and ft be assigned to veterinary hospitals with overseas shortly no advance toward peace la seen in the speeches made in berlin and vienna bv the german chancellor and austrian foreign minister upon the war aims of the central powers senator george E chamberlain of oregon before an audience eliat packed alie floor and the galleries of the senate chamber on thursday for three hours in answer to the charge of president allson ll son that his previous criticisms of the military es has constituted an abao lute distortion of the truth president allson has sent to alie sen ate a of postmaster gen eral burleson this action was taken because of a law which stipulates that alie postmaster general shall not hold office for more than thirty daab after the end of alie term for which he was appointed the senate confirmed the praise for alie bavy department praise and constructive criticism for the shipping board and utter condee nation tor the war department tea aured roosevelt s address to the ia press club on thursday on the conduct of the war FOREIGN severe rioting on wednesday and thursday in berlin w as reported in als patches received in amsterdam one report asserted that mobs w ere marching in the streets demanding peace early last week american forces on the french front were in action on several occasions general re ported to the w ar department 1 our were killed oa january 21 and 22 A flood in the upper hulne valley lias inundated the city of cologne de stroking quantities of provisions als patches received friday said in some localities the rise of the river was so rapid that the people had to be aroused by the tolling of bells droops were sent to alie aid of alie inhabitants it Is authoritatively announced at amsterdam that alie steamship amsterdam will fiall soon for the united having obtained slon from germany the states that it has been learned that the german government intends to place all dutch shipping firms on the black list and to refuge supplies of coal because of abe agreement between alie shipping firms and alie united fatatis the proposal to close the port of london to merchant shipping has ere abed strong opposition from london commercial interests A deputation of london commoners has been appointed to confer with the shipping controller A new of portuguese troops has just been landed in france before embarking the troops were reviewed by the portuguese premier dr aldonio baes vho aho reaffirmed the in of portugal to continue the war to the end some of the ambassadors at petro grad are reported to be conferring with reference to formal acknowledgment by their governments ot the belshe government it Is not stated which ambassadors are concerned and there Is no indication as to the decision brig gen william V judson chief of the american military mission to russia who has been at petrograd Petro grad since the visit of the root mission has departed for the united states he has been relieved by col J A rug agles british officers who leave made a thorough investigation of conditions in rumania returned to and gave an account of the food situation there they said rumanian peasant women have been almost starving for months or existing solely on maize the effect is shown particularly among newly born children many of whom are deformed A paris to the exchange ph company quotes count the austro hungarian foreign minister as declaring in an address to the delegates of parliament that 1 I have no intention to demand from kus sla a single metre of territory or a single cent of indemnity count japanese premier declared thursday japan holds her self responsible for the maintenance of peace in this part of the world and consequently in the event of that peace being endangered to the inevitable detriment of our interests alie go crement of japan will not hesitate a moment to take the proper measures As a result of the brilliant victory french troops gained recently on monte tomba the enemy has secretly evacuated the territory on the northern mountain front from tomba west to the alae river |